The Akhil Bharatiya Vikalang Chetna Parishad is keen on setting up a hospital exclusively to treat physically handicapped persons.Chief Minister Raman Singh on Thursday met a delegation of Akhil Bharatiya Vikalang Chetna Parishad led by National General Secretary Dr D P Agrawal at his official residence here.The delegation submitted a memorandum stating that they are keen on starting a modern surgical hospital for physically handicapped at Bilaspur.
The delegation members said that modern surgical hospitals for physically handicapped are already functioning at Bhavnagar in Gujarat and Udaipur in Rajasthan, Tirupati and Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh and if it is started in Bilaspur then it will be the fifth modern hospital for the physically handicapped. The Chetna Parishad is keen on the project.Singh assured the delegation members that the State Government will provide all assistance to them for setting up the project.The delegation gave details of the rehabilitation of physically handicapped persons done by the Parishad.